#  Pardis Sabeti and Team of Scientists Discover Deadly Genetic Mutation in the Ebola Outbreak of 2013-2016 

 





November 03, 2016

 

 

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**Pardis Sabeti** is part of two teams of scientists that reported a genetic mutation that may have made Ebola more deadly by improving the virus’s ability to enter human cells. The study in the current issue of [Cell](http://www.cell.com/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31397-6) analyzed thousands of Ebola genomes before discovering the deadly mutation. Full coverage in [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/science/ebola-evolution-african-epidemic.html), [NBCNews](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/ebola-mutated-during-west-africa-epidemic-study-finds-n677476), [Science Magazine](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/11/has-new-mutation-ebola-virus-made-it-deadlier), [The Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/how-ebola-adapted-to-us/506369/), [Boston Herald](http://www.bostonherald.com/lifestyle/health/2016/11/kalter_ebola_mutation_has_scientific_community_calling_for_faster_action)



 

 

 



 

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